Lightning Bar (1951–1960) was an American Quarter Horse which raced and
later became a breeding stallion. He was bred by his lifelong owner Art
Pollard of Sonoita, Arizona, and was the offspring of Three Bars, a
Thoroughbred, and a Quarter Horse mare from Louisiana, a stronghold of
the breeding of sprint horses. He raced ten times, with four victories
and four other top three finishes, but his racing career was cut short
by illness after only one year. After racing, he became a show horse
for two years. As a breeding stallion he sired seven crops, or years,
of foals, among which Doc Bar was the best known. Lightning Bar died of
a viral infection in 1960, at the age of nine. He was inducted into the
American Quarter Horse Association's Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1570:
James Hamilton shot and killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray , in
the first recorded assassination using a firearm.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart%2C_1st_Earl_of_Moray>
1789:
Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would be the home of
the future Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic University in the
United States.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University>
1793:
The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Partition_of_Poland>
1899:
Pursuant to the adoption of the Malolos Constitution and the
establishment of the First Philippine Republic, Emilio Aguinaldo was
sworn in as the first President of the Philippines.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo>
1968:
USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had
violated their territorial waters while spying.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pueblo_%28AGER-2%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nincompoop (n):
A silly or foolish person
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nincompoop>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should
say the only one.
--Stendhal
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